Corn shock compressor



May 26, 1942". B. BaEHM 2,284,119

' coau saocx ooMPREssoR Filed March 25, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 fl Irwentor A ttaruey Paiefiied May 26,y 1942 iran sTAras P :fer orrcg ootN sHocK oovrmsson .Edwin B. Boehm, De Forest, Wis. Application March`25, 1941, Serial No. 385,155

1 claim; o1. 1oo s1 Thisinvention appertains to new and useful i improvements in compressors for com shocks, the principal object of the invention being to provide Va corn shock compressor whereby corn which has been assembled in a shock may-be compressed with a. minimum amount' of human effort, to the end that the shockcan be subsequently tied andheld in firmly 'compressedrcondition.

' Another important object of the inventionis easilyV applied and removed Withrespect to a corn shock. f i ito provide acorn shock compressor which can be Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to ing specification.`

In the drawings:

the reader of the follow- Figure 1 represents a side elevational view of' the compressor in position compressing a shock of corn.

Figure 2 is Vice. i

Figure 3 is a' fragmentary side elevational view of the upper portion of the device showing the lever in released position. i i A Figure 4 is a top plan view of the device Without the loop.

Figure 5 lis an enlarged fragmentary detailed Sectional View taken Asubstantially on the line i-ofFigu-el. i Figure 6 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line Gf of Figure 1. i

Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen .that numeral 5 denotes an elongated preferably tubular prop having its lower end threaded to acv commodatea threaded collar 6 vthrough -which Van elongated member 'l extends, this member defining a shank rising from a base or ground engaging plate 8. A set screw 9 is feedable through l the collar 6 at the lower end. of the prop 5 to,l bite against the shank 'I. and hold'the shank and plate-8 in proper'relation with respect to the prop 5.

The upper end of the prop 5 is flattened as' at IO and secured as at Il to the intermediate portion of an arcuate-shaped crossmember I2, one end of Which has an opening l3 therein to receive an eyel I 4 of a block I5, while the other i 20v a front elevational view of the deend is formed with a keysoi; is in'mwhieh eanbe disposed an eye ll of a block l8. An elongated flexible member I9V forms a loop beyond the blocks l5 and l8, one end extending downwardly from the block 15 to connect to an eye ,20' on one end of a U-shaped bail 2| carried by the intermediate portion of alever 22, one end'of which is pivotally connected asat 23 to arms lil projecting outwardly from the prop.

The otherend of the bail Zi has a hook'25 thereon through which the other'end of the fiexible element l9 can be disposed and this end of the flexible element is provided with knots 26, any one of which can abut the hook 25 and hold the loop in :definite position encircling the..upper portion of a corn' shock '26, with the lever 22 in the position shown in Figure 3.

By drawing the lever 22 downwardly', the

looped portion of the flexible element IQ willN compress the upper portion of the shock 26 so that a person can tie the upper portion of the shock while thus compressed without exertin'g any human effort in compressing the shock beyond what is required in operating the come pressor.

While the foregoingr specification sets forth the -inventionin specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes the'shape, sizeand materialsfl'may be .resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe inventionas claimed hereinafter. i i

Having described the invention,

`what is claimed as new is: i

mediate point of the prop, a substantially. V-shaped member having its crotch portion journaled ,through an opening in the lever and having its end portions i tions of the elongated fiexible element.

EDWIN B. BOEHM;

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